Summer/Fall 2020

Transportation & Energy Issues

How the Wisconsin Legislature Reopened the State with a Mundane Legal Theory

By Lane Ruhland

Tension between branches of Wisconsin government are heightened as a result of litigation as well as political, policy, and personality disputes. Perhaps the most tense confrontation came in the state legislature’s challenge to the authority of the governor’s cabinet secretary, Andrea Palm, in Wisconsin Legislature v. Palm.

Transportation & Energy Issues

Native American Law Update

By Katharine H. Kinsman

McGirt v. Oklahoma is the most recent in a long line of U.S. Supreme Court cases addressing reservation diminishment and termination, and it is arguably the most succinct.

Legal Education

ABA Stands with Law School Graduates in the Midst of the Pandemic

By Patricia E. Salkin

This article discusses the ABA’s recent passage of Resolution 10G as necessary to protect bar exam takers.

Eminent Domain

Defying Great Odds—Mitigating Property Loss Through Historic Partition Law Reform in the U.S.

LSA member Thomas Mitchell drafted a Uniform Act that has been enacted by 17 U.S. states and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Government

2020–21 Section Leadership

2020–21 Section Leadership Announced

Government

23rd Annual Jefferson Fordham Award Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the Lifetime Achievement, Advocacy, and Up and Comers awards.

Government

Save the Date: 2020 Virtual Fall Conference

A Perfect Storm: COVID Issues Affecting State, Local, Regional & Tribal Governments Monday, October 26–Friday, October 30

Legal Education

ABA Section of State and Local Government Law: 2019–20 Law Student Outstanding Achievement Awards

Congratulations to the winners.

Government

Beverly McQueary Smith Elected to the House of Delegates

Congratulations to Beverly McQueary Smith, who has just been elected to the House of Delegates as a Delegate-at-Large.

Government

Juan Thomas Appointed to National Conference of Bar Presidents Council

Section Council Member Juan Thomas has been appointed to serve a three-year term on the Executive Council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents.

Local Government

State Court Decides Coronavirus Eviction Moratorium Challenge

Section member and Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Paul D. Wilson has issued an opinion on the constitutional validity of COVID-19–related eviction moratoria in that state.